The Hawaiian longline fleet has progressed efforts to get hold of an extra chunk of bigeye tuna catch quota this week, with a proposal made to the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to transfer...
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PNA Makes Decision On New CEO
The PNA has made an official offer on the important position of PNA CEO, as Transform Aqorau made his final decision to step down from the role, but remain an adviser. Ludwig Kumoru, who is a...
Top Brands Call On Fleets To Cut Yellowfin Catch
Some of Europe’s leading tuna brands, private label suppliers and retailers have come together in a joint effort to call on the fishing industry to curb yellowfin catches in the Indian Ocean....
US Urges WTO To Review Dolphin Safe Changes
The United States is turning to the WTO to push it along in reviewing the recent changes the nation made to its dolphins safe tuna labelling rules. The US government wants a formal opinion on...
NZ U-Turns On Pushing PNA Quota Management
After criticizing the VDS scheme and attempting to push the introduction of a quota management system in the PNA, New Zealand fisheries officials now seem to have made a U-turn in their...
Korea’s Role In Last Year’s Bangkok Price Drop
Korea played a significant role in last year’s Bangkok skipjack price drop, the latest stats show, with the nation offering the most competitive prices to Thai buyers, in order to conclude...
UN Movement To End High Seas Fishing
Progress has been made to start the ball rolling on the contentious issue of closing off high seas areas to commercial fishing activity. After forceful calls from Pacific islands, the United...
Preliminary Approval To Lift EU Ban On Sri Lanka
The European Union has given preliminary approval to lift the current red card import ban on Sri Lankan fisheries products, awarded over IUU concerns, however the final announcement still...
Should The WCPO High Seas Be Closed To Commercial Fishing?
Pacific islands are striving to close the high seas areas of the WCPO to commercial fishing to try and bring the region under control, it was announced last week at a United Nations meeting in...
Ecuadorian Crew Get Prison Sentences For IUU
After a court hearing in the Peruvian city of Piura, six Ecuadorians, arrested on suspicion of fishing for tuna illegally aboard two vessels in Peruvian waters, have received a suspended...
PNA To Stick With Vessel Day Scheme
After doubt had been cast over the effectiveness of the Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) in place in PNA waters, the Pacific fisheries bloc has now unanimously decided to keep the current effort-based...
Shock Murder And Suicide On Spanish Seiner
Two security guards have died onboard a Spanish tuna vessel after a reported murder and suicide incident occurred on the seiner in the Indian Ocean, 90 miles off the coast of the Seychelles....
Brazil Wants Spanish Seiners To Bump Up Tuna Production
A number of Spanish seiners could end up operating out of Brazil’s Ceara state, with a plan to set up a partnership to develop a tuna fishing cluster off the country’s northeast coast. The aim...
Is the Cook Islands Seiner Deal Illegal?
The new opposition leader to the proposed Cook Islands and EU seiner deal is starting to make his presence felt, and has this week released details of a technicality in the agreement which he...
Will “Stricter” US Dolphin Safe Rules Ease WTO Concern?
Reading between the lines of the newer, “stricter” dolphin safe tuna labelling rules recently announced by the US NOAA, it seems that the “enhanced” regulations might not actually change much...
Pacific Nations Push To Stop High Seas Fishing
Pacific island nations are pushing to close the high seas areas of the WCPO to all commercial fishing activity, in an attempt to bring some control over vast areas of ocean which fall outside...
ISSF’s “Imperative” Step To Add China To Its Focus
As China’s tuna fishing industry booms, it has been announced that the nation will be the latest location addition to ISSF’s global series of skipper workshops, designed to share best...
Skipjack Landings Shoot Past Record Year
Skipjack catch in the EPO during the first two months of the year has surpassed 2015 volumes for the same period, despite whole round supply to Manta, the region’s major market, being...
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WATCH NOW: The Latest Stories In Just 3 Minutes
Bringing to you the latest edition of Atuna Business Brief, we give you a digestible, snap-shot overview of the biggest and newest headlines to hit the tuna industry. In less than three...